Art Showcase

Adelphia to host three days of music, artwork

April 19, 2014

MARIETTA - The Adelphia music hall, 203 Second St. in Marietta, will be filled with artwork, theater and music for three days beginning Monday.

The Adelphia Art Show, titled "Up and Doing," will feature local and regional talent, including artists, theater performers, musicians and songwriters.

The event, Monday through Wednesday, is meant to showcase the various types of talent this area has to offer and get local residents involved in organizations throughout the community, said Abigail Gedon, coordinator of The Adelphia Art Show.

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Photo ProvidedAbigail Gedon stands in front of The Adelphia music hall, 203 Second St. in Marietta, where artists, theater performers and musicians will be featured over three days next week.

On Monday, The Adelphia will be transformed into an artists gallery, with a meet and greet with local artists. The art will hang in The Adelphia, next to The Galley restaurant, all three days of the exhibit.

On Tuesday, the event will be featuring some of Marietta College's theater students. They will be performing a series of monologues.

On Wednesday, the show will feature six local bands and soloists performing 45-minute sets, said Gedon, marketing and events coordinator for Galley Enterprises Inc.

The show will last from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. all three days.

"Our mission is to engage the public with art of enduring quality, to facilitate dialogue with diverse audiences, and to collect, preserve and educate for the enrichment of present and future generations," Gedon said. "We will bring the public regional and local insight, a collaboration of the senses, and a new perspective of things that move and live."

The charity receiving some of the proceeds from the silent auction, featuring the artists' artwork for sale, is the Humane Society of the Ohio Valley. The Adelphia is partnering with The Colony Theater, Friends of the Lower Muskingum and the Humane Society of the Ohio Valley on this show, Gedon said.

This is the first year for the event, which Gedon hopes to see continue in the future.